Web Services/API Information for X Dispatch 17.0 and Below
- Michelle Cabaya (Unlicensed)
CXT Software provides a unique and useful product to its customers called Web Services that allow the transfer of data back and forth to the CXT Software suite via the Internet. The Web Service allows you to use an HTTP/HTTPS POST to inject/retrieve data from the CXT Software suite database when data is properly formatted in XML.
Getting Started
- Identify technical resources
- Download documentation and sample files
If knowledgeable in-house or familiar local resources are not available CXT Software recommends this company for integration expertise: www.creativeimp.com, email: wendy@creativeimp.com (Wendy McDonald)
Sample classic ASP code for Online Quoting System
Sample HTML is provided below which when implemented creates a functional online quoting system using the X Web API Package. An "API" (Application Program Interface) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. Relative to the X Web API, CXT Software has created a standard interface to be used by customers to quickly and easily create their own unique work-flow applications using X Dispatch as its foundation.
Four fields must be replaced to implement the code below, these fields are:
- yourxinternetwebsite.com - URL of the X Internet website.
- userID - User ID required to access website.
- password - Password required for User ID.
- 0000 - CXT Software customer number. Should be known, however CXT Software support services can provide it if necessary.